In a significant development for institutional investors, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Department of Justice (DOJ) have provided their first explicit statement confirming that engagement with companies on corporate...more
State attorneys general (AGs) have a legal right to challenge anticompetitive mergers, both under the federal Clayton Act and their own state antitrust laws. And in recent years, state AGs have played increasingly larger...more
On December 18, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) issued final merger guidelines which significantly overhaul how the agencies determine whether potential transactions violate...more